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Legal historian John Hostettler reviews “Whores and Highwaymen: Crime and Justice in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis” by Gregory J Durston
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Dr Durston has written a valuable and erudite work of reference taking the reader through every aspect of crime and punishment in London in the eighteenth century.… Read more “Review of Whores and Highwaymen”
‘Appalling scenes of numerous homeless children begging and stealing in the streets were a common sight in the towns and cities of England in the late eighteenth century. And these same children were perceived to be the cause of a vast increase in juvenile crime.… Read more “Review of Nipping Crime in the Bud”
‘Whose Justice? – State or Community? provides a thoughtful and principled perspective on criminal justice at a time when the country seems ready to move on from the rigid attitudes and misguided assumptions that have dominated policy and practice for almost 20 years.… Read more “Review of Whose Criminal Justice?”
‘In the media, prisons are always topical, but the portrayals are often prurient and voyeuristic, if not caricatured. In contrast to them is the carefully moderated voice of government reports and other such documents. Occupying a different ground altogether is the highly detailed picture of prison life presented in personal memoirs based on first-hand experience.… Read more “Review of Holloway Prison”
‘It is now possible to study both new departments following the commendable speed with which Waterside Press have published these two informative books… There is no sign of haste in the writing of the books which cover in exemplary detail the functions of both new bodies…These two books contain a wealth of material, including historical and current political background, useful appendices and facts about the new departments and their wide-ranging functions which will be appreciated by all involved in the numerous agencies of the criminal justice system.… Read more “Review of The New Ministry of Justice”
